Read: "After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by-and-by she let it out that Moses has been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people."
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Ponder: Do you ever wonder why we take so much time to learn about people from the past? Do you ever wonder why history is so important to us? Why do we take "stock in dead people?"
Pursue: Though in this passage, Huck Finn states that he doesn't care about learning about the past, I disagree. I think learning the world's history is very important. It teaches us about people and about ourselves. Though someone may be dead, it doesn't mean they are not worth learning about.
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